Seamus Heaney: Poet of earth and spirit
Seamus Heaney, the Irish Nobel laureate who died Friday at 74, will be remembered for his translations, for his literary essays, for his generous international public presence, but principally for the...
View ArticleLabor Day in space: America's astronauts get some time off, too
Americans will pause to celebrate the Labor Day holiday on Monday — and that includes the Americans soaring high above Earth aboard the International Space Station. Reported by msnbc.com 2 hours ago.
View ArticleCandlestick Park's farewell brings mixed emotions
From great names to great games. From Joe Montana and Jerry Rice to Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. From swirling winds and dipping temps to no place better on earth on a sunny summer day. Reported by...
View ArticleScientists, students study ancient camel tracks in NW
Tracks left in the earth tens of thousands of years ago by camels, llamas and wolves offer scientists a trove of information about prehistoric life in Southeast Idaho. Reported by Seattle Times 2 hours...
View ArticleMesothelioma Victims Center Endorses The MD Anderson Cancer Center As A One...
The Mesothelioma Victims Center is urging diagnosed victims of mesothelioma, or their families to contact the MD Anderson Cancer Clinic, in Houston as a great place to get a second opinion, when it...
View ArticleIf Life Traveled From Mars To Earth On A Rock, Who Are We?
Steven Benner, president of the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, believes there is evidence building that life started on Mars, traveling to Earth on a rock. Host Scott Simon wonders, if...
View ArticlePortland Green Building Project, Pumpkin Ridge Passive House, Awarded...
Earth Advantage Institute Awards Platinum Certification to Green Building Project Built by Hammer & Hand Portland, OR (PRWEB) August 31, 2013 Portland and Seattle green builder Hammer & Hand...
View ArticleOxygen's Ancient Rise Still One Of Earth's Biggest Mysteries
NSF-funded project to solve enigma of Earth’s Great Oxidation Event (GOE) Reported by Forbes.com 5 hours ago.
View Article11% After Earth
After Earth is dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi -- and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career. Reported by Rotten Tomatoes 4 hours ago.
View ArticleProject Loon Simulation Results
Not long ago, Google announced Project Loon – an ambitious idea to make quality internet available for multitudes of people around the world through the use of balloons that would travel the Earth’s...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Religious Background Of The Labor Movement
(RNS) Of the 10 holidays recognized by the federal government, the future status of two – Labor Day and Christmas – may be short-lived. And, perhaps surprisingly, for the same reason: religion....
View ArticleCrop Pests Will Likely Spread Toward Poles As Earth Continues To Warm
*Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that global warming could help crop pests spread toward the North and South...
View ArticleSync Google Earth placemarks across different PCs
Dick uses Google Earth on more than one PC. He asked how to sync placemarks between them. Oddly enough, Google's extensive cloud services don't do much for Earth (the program, not the planet--although...
View ArticleShirLaLa to Perform at Special Family Concert
ShirLaLa Performs Special Concert for Gordon Center that focuses on Gratitude and Blessings for Mother Earth and Environmentalism on October 20, 2013 at 3 pm Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) September 02, 2013...
View ArticleA look at summer in Seattle
The Seattle Times photo staff put together a beautiful tribute to summer in Seattle. Photographers Marcus Yam, Bettina Hansen and Erika Schultz interpreted summer through four elements: earth, air,...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Right’s Obamacare obsession
This summer’s heated battles over the implementation of “Obamacare” are a microcosm of a much larger and longstanding ideological clash over the role of the government in society. The hard-right is...
View ArticleAfter delay, Hantuchova takes Riske at Open
When the rain finally stopped in Flushing Meadows Monday, the only wild card still playing at the U.S. Open did her best to treat it as just another day in the tennis office, but it didn’t work. Alison...
View ArticleAt Home on Earth's Final Frontier
A touring architecture exhibition shows how man is making the harshest environment on the planet accessible Reported by Wall Street Journal 2 hours ago.
View ArticleJapan to Spend $470 Million to Deal with Fukushima Nuclear Leaks
Japan's government says it will spend $470 million to help deal with the repeated radioactive water leaks at the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials say part of the money will be used to...
View ArticleNew, inexpensive nanoparticles lower solar cell manufacturing costs
Relatively inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture, nanoparticle-based solar cells can be created with materials that are abundantly common throughout the Earth’s crust, according to new work from researchers...
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